In this episode, rachel and Kendall talk about:

• Kendall being back in the US, how many desks he has had to order, and the various benefits of Pickleball vs Paddleball


• rachel's reign of terror over a particular kind of cooking pan, being sick, and heading to Vegas to dj at DEFCON


• Why people might be pivoting away from their tech careers, looking for greater meaning


• What actually is a midlife crisis?


• Planning for your midlife crisis, understanding your path forward


• What triggers a midlife crisis? What does one look like?


• How unwillingness to talk about death as a society makes this a crisis for us


• Living life well when you know you're going to die


• The impact of having grown up in genX, the assumption that no one is going to take care of you when you're old


• Perpetuating a cycle of dissatisfaction


• The fallacy of "follow your dreams and everything will be fine" vs "enjoy the work you have because life is short"


• Intentionally doing things inefficiently in order to enjoy the process more, thank you Kurt Vonnegut (see https://www.mondaymorningmemo.com/kurt-vonnegut-farting-around/ for the full quote/story)


• How does one's belief in an afterlife impact these things?


• Whether having some control over the time and manner of one's death is comforting


• What living well means to Kendall, and his upcoming book :)


• recommendation from rachel: The Witch King by Martha Wells


• recommendation from Kendall: Eat something so spicy you leave your physical body temporarily

Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music <3